Gurit Case Study: Decoupling Data to the Cloud
Project at a Glance
Gurit, a global leader in advanced composite materials and engineering solutions, needed a more scalable and flexible approach to managing and accessing its growing data environment. With legacy systems creating limitations around data integration, reporting, and accessibility, the organisation sought to modernise its architecture and unlock the full value of its data. 101 Data Solutions partnered with Gurit to decouple its existing data infrastructure and transition key workloads to a modern cloud-based platform. This transformation enabled improved data accessibility, stronger governance, and a scalable foundation to support future analytics, reporting, and AI-driven initiatives across the business.
Manufacturing
Employees Globally
27 Sites
The Challenge
Gurit had been relying on outdated on-premise hardware to store crucial data copies, which raised growing concerns around reliability and long-term resilience. As part of a wider global initiative, the organisation is now moving its data into a secure cloud environment managed from a central location. With offices distributed across the world and operated remotely, shifting to a unified, cloud-based approach ensures consistent management, stronger security, and improved access for every site.
The Solution
With 101 Data Solutions and Wasabi Cloud Technologies, organisations can effortlessly build a fully managed service that simplifies global data protection. Teams can quickly create S3 buckets tailored to different backup strategies across regions, streamlining both management and recovery. Wasabi’s built-in object-locking adds powerful ransomware protection, ensuring data remains secure and tamper-proof. Combined with ongoing usage monitoring and deployment support from 101 Data Solutions, businesses gain a seamless, resilient, and easy-to-run backup environment for daily operations.
Implementation
The initial proof of concept was implemented over several weeks by 101 Data Solutions, focusing on testing the upload and recovery speeds.
After successful validation, 101 Data Solutions assisted in creating geographically specific storage buckets near the physical locations of each business segment in Spain, the UK, and Switzerland.
Additionally, 101 Data Solutions and Wasabi provided training for key staff members at Gurit.
Key Results
- Immediate capacity is provided for backups as they scale.
- Monthly reports generated by 101 Data Solutions cover usage, current trends, and recommendations.
- Decommissioning of on-premise backup hardware leads to savings on power and energy, enhancing performance and resilience
- Extra protection is established through object locking and encryption.
- Cost savings are achieved by avoiding hardware refresh cycles; capacity is billed based solely on actual usage rather than estimated needs.
- Each year, cloud capacity is adjusted according to customer usage and requirements.
